Racecards
14:05 Southwell
Bet World Darts - Betdaq Handicap (Class 5)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Standard/Slow
- Surface: Fibresand
- £3,600 added
- Form 5367-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey J Fanning
made virtually all, driven over 1f out, ridden and stayed on final furlong
- Form 13-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer R C Guest
- Jockey Billy Cray
pressed winner, driven and every chance over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on until no extra final furlong
- Form 736961-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer T D Barron
- Jockey P Makin
tracked leading pair, effort to challenge over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace final furlong
- Form 893580-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-5
- Official Rating 64
dwelt, behind, headway and effort on outside over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Just the five runners rock up for this six-furlong handicap and it looks a good opportunity for FLOW CHART to follow up on his course and distance success last time with Sweet Child O'mine dropped to a sprint trip for the first time while Mark Johnston took this race last year and you can be sure his Love Delta will be well prepared. A switch to this surface was the key for the pick last time as he left his turf form behind to score with plenty in hand last week. Based on that he looks well treated under a six-pound penalty so if the penny has finally dropped he looks hard to oppose. Sweet Child O'mine sprung a surprise on debut when winning here over a mile at odds of 100/1. She failed to build on that at Wolverhampton last time and she might be best watched now dropped to this test. Love Delta runs on the Fibresand for the first time but seemed to handle soft ground on debut and on the pick of his maiden efforts he looks fairly treated Blue Neptune has been consistent in recent starts but will need to improve to beat the pick.
Formwatch
Love Delta (USA) 7-2 (9-3) Pressed leader until ridden well over 1f out, soon beaten, weakened final furlong, 7th of 9, 12l behind Gracious Melange (8-12) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Sweet Child O'mine 2-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong, 3rd of 4, 1 1/4l behind Dubai Bounty (8-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 2yo nov stks (5) pol in Dec.
Flow Chart (IRE) 11-4fav (9-0) Held up in rear, came wide and headway over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Southwell 6f 2yo hco 0-75 (5) fbs in Dec beating The Love Guru (8-11) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
Mr Smithson (IRE) 16-1 (9-6) Close up on outside, lost place over 3f out, soon behind, weakened over 1f out, last of 12, 18l behind Newbury Street (9-1) at Wolverhampton 6f 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Sep.
Blue Neptune 3-1 (8-12) Led, ridden inside final furlong, no extra when headed towards finish, 3rd of 9, 2l behind Wanchai Whisper (8-6) at Kempton 5f 2yo clm stks (6) pol in Dec.